It is MJW Careers’ style to use a Qualifications Summary, rather than an Objective Statement to introduce the résumé. Qualifications Summaries provide a short introduction of who the client is and what they have to offer, while an Objective Statement states what the client wants from the employer.

Open the résumé with a concise, three-to-four sentence paragraph (or bulleted list) that creatively showcases the recipient’s skills and experience, and more importantly, how closely their skills and experience match the employer’s unique needs. Obviously, employers have different requirements, so we recommend the recipients take the extra effort to tailor this section each time they send out a résumé.